Scientists tell us that these supplies need to be
furnished in the proportion of one of muscle making, one
of fat and six of heat producing. They also tell us that
about three ounces of nitrogenous — muscle making — food
is all that can be made use of by a healthy adult in^
twenty-four hours.
A mental note of these quantities will convince any
thinker that the average person e^ts too much of all these
kinds, and the general ignorance of proper foods, leads-
to a constant overburdening of the system with an excess
of some or all of these and a resultant accumulation of
waste matter and clogging of the machinery.
.22 THE FAT OF THE LAND.
Ail of the fifteen elements needed have been stored by
nature in a grain of wheat, and it may not be generally
known that in the preparation for the market of our fine,
white flour, twelve of the fifteen have been eliminated
and only three remain. It is this fact that gave rise to
the statement that " the Americans are starving on white
■flour."
A Word to Housekeepers.
If you have read the foregoing you have read how if
the system is overloaded — and thereby some organ
becomes torpid — dead matter accumulates, and our
bodies not only become sluggish and stupid, but unclean
with the accumulation of dust and debris in crevices and
corners of liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, while the miles of
. sewers in the skin with tiieir numberless ventilating
openings cannot relieve the internal pressure, until thor-
oughly cleansed. Doubtless most of us take pride in
being good housekeepers, and would feel chagrined to
have our house in disorder, and with accumulations of
dust and din. Why then not have similar feelings con-
cerning this personal " House Beautiful" and learn to
have equal care and cleanUness in its management, and
be equally chagrined, when our own carelessness has
filled it with unclean refuse, with its result, which we
ss and disease. For disease is only the result
xed organs ; the natural consequence when the
food exceeds the assimilation, and leaves a sur-
I'aste which the system is unable to dispose of.
i then that this surplus is waste material, ready to
n off, and hence unfit to be retained, and illness
:o indicate the unclean, unwholesome condition
house we live in." Is this good housekeeping?
WHY WE EAT. 23
To Parents.
Each generation is grown in embryo upon the food we
consume. If we drink stimulants, eat tobacco, opium,
spices and condiments, and unclean or diseased animals
together with rich products of every sort, at all hours of
the day or night, how can we hope to grow anything
better than present generations. Why not become as
familiar with the science of creating the future occupants
of the home, as those of the stable, the sheepfold or the
kennel ? A^e domestic and household pets of more value
than children ? The farmer takes intelligent, judicious
care in the breeding of his stock, and the often costly
quarters provided for them and the retinue of servants at
their service attest the value he sets upon their environ-
ment.
No such value having been placed upon the wife, she,
too often overburdened with care and ill health uncon-
sciously prepares her children to follow in her footsteps,
having neither time or inclination to investigate the
causes that produce the conditions about her. With
mind once aroused, however, the mother instinct comes
to the fore and she eagerly desires to know how best to
care for the embryo life as well as later to properly
minister to the needs of the crowning joy of every home
— the baby !
W^hat to eat and how to prepare it, should be the first
lesson learned, then with strong physical bodies with
which to begin life, and proper care for them thereafter we
may confidently hope that the ** Kingdom of Heaven "
will wait a hundred years for them.
2 4 THE FAT OF THE LAND.
CHAPTER II.
WHY A HYGIENIC DIET.
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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Scientists tell us that these supplies need to be furnished in the proportion of one of muscle making, one of fat and six of heat producing. They also tell us that about three ounces of nitrogenous — muscle making — food is all that can be made use of by a healthy adult in twenty-four hours.
A mental note of these quantities will convince any thinker that the average person eats too much of all these kinds, and the general ignorance of proper foods, leads to a constant overburdening of the system with an excess of some or all of these and a resultant accumulation of waste matter and clogging of the machinery.
Ail of the fifteen elements needed have been stored by nature in a grain of wheat, and it may not be generally known that in the preparation for the market of our fine, white flour, twelve of the fifteen have been eliminated and only three remain. It is this fact that gave rise to the statement that " the Americans are starving on white ■flour."
A Word to Housekeepers. If you have read the foregoing you have read how if the system is overloaded — and thereby some organ becomes torpid — dead matter accumulates, and our bodies not only become sluggish and stupid, but unclean with the accumulation of dust and debris in crevices and corners of liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, while the miles of . sewers in the skin with their numberless ventilating openings cannot relieve the internal pressure, until thoroughly cleansed. Doubtless most of us take pride in being good housekeepers, and would feel chagrined to have our house in disorder, and with accumulations of dust and din. Why then not have similar feelings concerning this personal " House Beautiful" and learn to have equal care and cleanliness in its management, and be equally chagrined, when our own carelessness has filled it with unclean refuse, with its result, which sickness and disease. For disease is only the result clogged organs ; the natural consequence when the food exceeds the assimilation, and leaves a sur- waste which the system is unable to dispose of. i then that this surplus is waste material, ready to n off, and hence unfit to be retained, and illness :o indicate the unclean, unwholesome condition house we live in." Is this good housekeeping?
WHY WE EAT. 23
To Parents.
Each generation is grown in embryo upon the food we consume. If we drink stimulants, eat tobacco, opium, spices and condiments, and unclean or diseased animals together with rich products of every sort, at all hours of the day or night, how can we hope to grow anything better than present generations. Why not become as familiar with the science of creating the future occupants of the home, as those of the stable, the sheepfold or the kennel ? A^e domestic and household pets of more value than children ? The farmer takes intelligent, judicious care in the breeding of his stock, and the often costly quarters provided for them and the retinue of servants at their service attest the value he sets upon their environment.
No such value having been placed upon the wife, she, too often overburdened with care and ill health unconsciously prepares her children to follow in her footsteps, having neither time or inclination to investigate the causes that produce the conditions about her. With mind once aroused, however, the mother instinct comes to the fore and she eagerly desires to know how best to care for the embryo life as well as later to properly minister to the needs of the crowning joy of every home — the baby !
W^hat to eat and how to prepare it, should be the first lesson learned, then with strong physical bodies with which to begin life, and proper care for them thereafter we may confidently hope that the ** Kingdom of Heaven " will wait a hundred years for them.
CHAPTER II.